The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-06
YOUNG MEN WH0SUCCEED
GO-AT-IT-NEsS AND STICK-TO-IT-
IVENESS SURE TO WIN.

Rev. J. W. Rogan's Talks to Young Men
on How to Attain SUGGESTIVE Diff
ference Between Success and Failure
The Key to Prosperity Great
Apostles Motto, "This One Thing
Do"-Men Who Succeed and FAN.
Rev. j. W. Rogan delivered the third of
bis series of talks TO young men at the First
Presbyterian church last night. His sub
iect was, Success, and How to Attain It.
His text was from ii. Chronicles, XXI, y:
'.And every work that he began he did it
with all his heart, and prospered.n
Mr.. Rogan began by saying that there is
a universal desire in the hearts of all men
to succeed, but only few attain the highest
success, and very few know what real sue
cess is. All is not gold that glitters, so all
is not success that is labeled by that
name. The French have an aphorism that
Nothing succeeds like success" That
is true in one sense, but on the other hand
it is often true that nothing fails like sue
cess. and nothing succeeds like failure. As
an illustration: If, after Alexander had sub
dued all Greece, and been elected General
issimo of its armies he had met defeat, his
mes Sui ililHAb HOb UdNC SOiiC AbhI dlilAai
the clouds of darkness that attended its
setting.
SUCCESS AND FAILURE.
If a man is engaged in business that is
dishonoring God and is hurtful to his hui
lnanity and injurious to his manhood,
though the world may write after his name
in gilded letters the WORD Success, God
will write after it in characters of the black
est dye the word Failure and all the
NJ Ill Iof ,.f1a xsri1I
a amen
Mr. Rogan said that he has no newly dis
covered short road to success He only
wanted to impress upon the young men what
they must do to succeed The words in the
text with all his heart are the key to pros
perity and the rule by which almost any one
may reap success. Young men should de
ternine early what they want to do. Too
many let their banks drift toward any port
without giving them direction. In other
words, they do not make a choice of voca-
ton, while Others, though they see mark
toward which they aim, do not feel certain
that il is Just the one they want to hit.
They are like the Irishman who saw
something moving in the bushes, but did
not know whether it was a deer or a calf
so he shot to hit it if it was a deer and miss
1t if it was calf. So there are many in
q this life who see business and want to fol-
Is ~ it il it is what they imagine it to be-
AIM AT ONE THING.
The great apostle of the Gentiles, in writ
8 of what he was doing, wrote five little
ords which all young men would do well
adopt as a motto: This one thing do y
ot only have one aim, but prosecute it
ia eaTnestness and energy. Some have
ly one aim, but they follow it coldly and
elessly. Abraham Lincoln gave pledge
the world that he would reach
highest step of the ladder
IA He'd from fO
distance of twenty-five miles, and back
cry day carrying four large quarto-yol-
les of Blackstone, and reading 100 pages on
way. There are too many eye servants:
II is those who will work when there is an
upon them. If young man would sue
n he must work with win and not be-
Ise some one is watching him. It has been
that there are two elements to success,
8t-it-ness and stick-to-it-weneSs There
plenty with the first qualification, plenty
will go at anything, but they leave
gain before they find out what there is
ONE WORK BETTER THAN ANOTHER.
is sometimes good thing for man TO
nge his business, because every man can
something better than he can do any
BIZ else A man should find bis level, but
do like many, take lifetime to find it.
old aphorism says: Perseverance con
trs all'things," and the speaker pointed to
nosthenes and the pebbles, Disraeh and
reply that the time would yet come when
House of Commons would listen to him,
= Audubon's success after his great disap-
htment to show what perseverance would
Tt does not matter what the occupation is
be man has plenty of stick to-itiveness and
ged perseverance it will bring him sue
The world is going ahead very fast,
men are anxious to get rich quick, for
reasan they are leaving legitimate
mess and entul'ing into speculation
warned all young men To beware of the
hning influences of speculation and ex-
ted them TO learn perseverance. In COLI
hon he said: Let me urge you, that
ing the fear of God before you. be true
Him and to your higher manhood and,
the language of Longfellow in his
klm OF Life:
Still achieving, still pursuing
Learn to labor and to wait. ~